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duplus

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Latin

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    Cardinal: duo
    Ordinal: secundus, alter
    Adverbial: bis
    Proportional: duplus
    Multiplier: duplex, alterplex, biplex
    Distributive: bīnus
    Collective: bīniō
    Fractional: dīmidius, sēmis

Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Italic *duplos. By surface analysis, duo +‎ -plus.[1] Cf. Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, double), from δι- (di-), from δύο (dúo, two), + -πλόος (-plóos, -fold), and Proto-Germanic *twīflaz (doubt).

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    duplus (feminine dupla, neuter duplum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. double (twice as much, or as big)

    Declension

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    First/second-declension adjective.

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    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “-plus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475:Derivatives > line 1 > duplus

    Further reading

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    • duplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • duplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • duplus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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